Tom who has more than 35 years of ERP professional services experience, came to Avanade in 2016 from IBM, where he held multiple leadership roles. Tom holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and computer management from Eastern Illinois University.

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Our leadership team

Adam Warby

Chief Executive Officer

Adam works closely with the Avanade Board of Directors and his leadership team to realize our mission of making a genuine impact on our clients and their customers through solutions based on the Microsoft platform.

Dave Gartenberg

Chief Human Resources Officer

As Chief Human Resources Officer, Dave Gartenberg is responsible for the strategic direction of all aspects of Avanade’s people management, including training and development, performance management and succession planning. He also plays a key role in helping to enhance the employee experience and advance Avanade as a digital workplace.

Bob Bruns

Chief Information & Security Officer

As Avanade Chief Information & Security Officer, Bob Bruns is responsible for Avanade’s internal enterprise technology and for delivering the technology capabilities that power the company’s people and operations worldwide. In addition, he is responsible for Avanade information security, client data protection, incident management, asset protection, and business continuity programmes. As CI&SO, Bob and his teams work with clients to ensure we meet their information security obligations.

Stella Goulet

Chief Marketing Officer

As CMO, Stella Goulet leads Avanade’s marketing strategy and award-winning global marketing team. She is responsible for guiding the company’s image and market development through a period of high growth and significant change in the IT industry as businesses become increasingly digital. She is Avanade’s first CMO and a member of its executive leadership team.

David Oskandy

General Counsel and Secretary

David leads the company's global legal group and serves as principal legal advisor to Avanade’s executive leadership and board of directors. He also serves as corporate secretary to the board of directors and contributes to Avanade’s overall strategy as a member of its executive leadership team.

Ashish Kumar

Chief Growth Officer

Chief Growth Officer Ashish Kumar is responsible for driving strategic and operational initiatives to accelerate Avanade’s growth. As part of that portfolio, he oversees the global departments for sales, alliances, innovation, industry and strategy.

Ian Jordan

Executive, Avanade Client Experience and Global Advisory Practice

As Executive, Avanade Client Experience, Ian is responsible for creating a unique approach for our clients as we work together to help them realize results. As part of this role, he is driving the development of Avanade’s global advisory practice, centred on the agendas of IT modernisation, business productivity and the transformation to cloud and digital technologies.

Pamela Maynard

President, Product and Innovation

Pamela Maynard is responsible for spearheading the strategy of Avanade’s Market Units and offerings worldwide.

Bernie Neville

Executive, Global Business Management

Bernie Neville leads Avanade’s Global Business Management organisation. She is responsible for managing the company operating system, which includes oversight of strategy implementation and management of key leadership forums. In addition, Bernie works across all business units and functions to drive continuous improvement and simplification of business activities to improve performance and effectiveness.

Florin Rotar

Florin Rotar, who leads Avanade’s global Digital Market Unit, is driven by the power of technology to help people do and achieve more and to empower businesses to compete smarter.

Rich Stern

Executive, Modern IT Market Unit

Executive Rich Stern has responsibility for the growth, market leadership and delivery of offerings in Avanade’s Modern IT Market Unit. In addition, he is responsible for Avanade’s cloud platforms, services and offerings business, helping our clients leverage the advantages of the cloud.

Darren Hardman

President, Europe and General Manager, United Kingdom

As President, Europe, Darren Hardman is responsible for directing strategy and operations across Avanade Europe’s 13 geographies. Darren holds a duel role, also serving as General Manager of the UK, a post he has held since 2016. Prior to his current position, Darren was Chief Operating Officer of Avanade’s North America Area, responsible for developing and executing the North America business strategy, including sales, organizational strategy and core business functions.

Anna Di Silverio

President, Growth Markets

Anna Di Silverio, president of Growth Markets, is responsible for Avanade’s accelerated growth and business operations in Australia, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa.

Dave Seybold

President, North America

As President, North America, Dave Seybold is responsible for guiding the sales, delivery and operations of Avanade's largest business. Working closely with the United States and Canada leadership team, Dave is responsible for delivering consistent, high-quality results for Avanade's North American clients.

Raghavan Iyer

Raghavan Iyer has more than 22 years of experience in the IT sector and has held leadership positions in companies such as Honeywell, Syntel and Accenture prior to joining Avanade in 2010.

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Jeff Gilchrist

Corporate Vice President, Canada Operating Unit

As the Avanade lead for the Canadian business, Jeff is responsible for guiding the sales, delivery and operations of all Avanade&rsquo;s work in Canada. &nbsp;Jeff works closely with his regional leadership teams to ensure high quality customer service to an expanding customer base.

Kaytek Przybylski

Service Line Executive

Kaytek has a strong background in software development as well as methodology and has recently been very involved in large development efforts within the Financial Services Industry and is also very active in driving the adoption of VSTS. Kaytek works closely with many Avanade project teams to ensure that Avanade consistently delivers the best solutions to our customers. Kaytek joined Avanade in 2003 and was attracted by Avanade’s passion and commitment to deliver the benefits of Microsoft technologies to enterprises worldwide.

Mac Ghani

Vice President and Territory Executive

As Vice President and Territory Executive, Mac Ghani and his team are responsible for the growth and development of the Western and Central Canada business with a focus on building a solid local platform for growth. His Region includes major Canadian markets such as Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.

Mac Ghani

Vice President and Territory Executive

As Vice President and Territory Executive, Mac Ghani and his team are responsible for the growth and development of the Western and Central Canada business with a focus on building a solid local platform for growth. His Region includes major Canadian markets such as Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.